Friday, August 22, 2014

Whatcha doooin, Virg? #AuthorLife #stats

So, yep, I used my word counts and facebook posts to come up with this chart of what I've been doing since June.

Since some of you have asked me, "So what do you do all day?" or "What does your average week look like?" or "So you just write stories all day?"...

Here's an actual list of what I've been doing. Mind you, this doesn't include the daily stuff (brushing teeth, checking email, putting the dog outside to do his business, etc) but it is sort of amusing nonetheless. The one thing it showed me? The reason I never have a good answer for, "What is your average day like?" is that I never have an average day. Each one is pretty different and sort of shows me just playing hunt and peck to get things knocked off my to do list one at a time...

Just like everyone else.

Based on this, in the past almost two months (broken down below):

I wrote 35k in June and 46k in August for a grand total
of about 81,000 words written in the past two months.

I’ve edited 362,000 words for various freelance
assignments.

I’ve both revised and rewritten about 229,000 words. (which kinda makes my words written for the two months 310,000? ...meh, close enough. I'm a writer, not a math-er.)

All told, that makes about 672, 060 words of literature
that crossed my desk before going out into the world.

This doesn’t include ARCs I’ve read or other books I’ve
enjoyed in that timeframe as I make no marked change on them. I just read
them. Books I know I've read in this time frame? I'm listing them below, but if you're really curious what I thought about them, find me on GoodReads. Also, I don't know how many words these books add up to my total total, but I'm not yanking them open and doing all the math to figure it out either.

Wrecked, by Shiloh Walker

The Arrow, by Monica McCarty

Dead Giveaway, by Charles Ramsey

Finding Me, by Michelle Knight

Kidnapping the Brazilian Tycoon, by Carmen Falcone

Just a Little Bit Lost, by Laurel Trivelpiece

Wolf Bite, by Heather Long

His Marriage Bargain, by Sidney Bristol

The Accidental Duchess, by Madeline Hunter

July

1 - went to breakfast/went to docs/ college classes/took
kids to visit friends

18 - Completed contract negotiations with
publisher/wrote review for ARC/discussed editing schedule with an
editor/created physical office for online students and school completed
organization

19 - Traveled to Cleveland and Euclid/explored Our Lady
of Lourdes healing waters and cemetery/visited with family/traveled home from
Clevaland/completed ALS Ice Bucket Challenge/traveled to Geneva to visit and
see Outlander

20 - made graphics/school related items - first day for
older kids/read ARC for review